A Palestinian student was arrested over new Florida hate crime law. Then the case fell apart
A Palestinian student snapped while watching his fellow University of Central Florida (UCF) students stick hundreds of miniature Israeli flags in the ground in the heart of the school’s campus this year.
Seif Asi, 21, of Jacksonville, confronted the students and accused them of supporting a genocide that killed some of his family. The heated argument lasted a minute or so in an area where students often hold signs or get sign ups at lunch time.
As Asi left, he said something to the students that would ruin his school career and make him the first known state university student to be arrested for violating a new state law.
“You won’t be here anymore when I come back and shoot you,” Asi said,...
